The anthropometric profile of elite roller figure skaters
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Título: | The anthropometric profile of elite roller figure skaters |
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Autor/es: | Vila Suárez, Helena | Abraldes Valeiras, José Arturo | Rodríguez Suárez, Nuria | Manchado, Carmen | Ferragut Fiol, Carmen |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Grupo de Investigación en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte (GICAFD) |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Didáctica General y Didácticas Específicas |
Palabras clave: | Somatotype | Performance | Competition | Gender |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Educación Física y Deportiva | Didáctica de la Expresión Corporal |
Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
Editor: | Universidad de Alicante. Área de Educación Física y Deporte |
Cita bibliográfica: | VILA, Mª Helena, et al. “The anthropometric profile of elite roller figure skaters”. Journal of Human Sport and Exercise [en línea]. Vol. 8, No. 3Proc (2013). ISSN 1988-5202, pp. S633-S641. http://www.jhse.ua.es/jhse/article/view/575 [consulta: 4 sept. 2013] |
Resumen: | Although the anthropometric profiles of Olympic athletes, as a group, are well known, there is still a need for specific reference data for each sport given that each discipline has its own characteristics. This study has been designed considering the limited number of articles that focus on the anthropometric characteristics of artistic roller skating and, more specifically, the figures discipline. The aim of this study is twofold: firstly, to define the anthropometric profile, body composition and somatotype of male and female artistic roller figure skaters in order to establish specific profiles; and, secondly, to establish the differences between the anthropometric profiles, body compositions and somatotypes of male and female skaters. Twenty-nine professional roller skaters (male = 15, female = 14) underwent measurements of standard anthropometry (height, body mass, arm span, 8 skinfolds, 3 breadths and 11 girths). The somatotype was measured using the Heath-Carter methods. A T-Student test for independent samples was conducted in order to assess the differences between male and female skaters. Significant statistical differences were found between male and female skaters in terms of body mass, height, arm span, the sum of four and six skinfolds and all skinfold measurements. Male skaters have a BMI of 21.4± 1.6 and female skaters have a BMI of 21.5 ± 2.4. The results indicate that arm span is an important characteristic for skaters. Mesomorphy is the most important component, followed by endomorphy, for male and female skaters. Male skaters have an endomesomorphic somatotype (3.5-4.5-2.5) and female skaters have a balanced mesomorphic somatotype (3.3-4.1-2.9). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/30256 |
ISSN: | 1988-5202 |
DOI: | 10.4100/jhse.2013.8.Proc3.09 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | Licencia Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 3.0 |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4100/jhse.2013.8.Proc3.09 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - GICAFD - Artículos de Revistas Journal of Human Sport and Exercise - 2013 - Performance Analysis WORKSHOP, Alicante, 2-5 April 2013 INV - SCAPE - Artículos de Revistas Institucional - IUIEG - Publicaciones |
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